Suspenders.



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GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICT.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,558, dated August 13, 1901.

Application tiled April 17,1901. Serial No. 56,264- (No n iodel) To a/ZZ 'whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in Suspenders; and it has for its object to provide Suspenders for gentlemens wear in which the shoulder-straps may be formed of a single continuous length of webbing, but so connected to the back suspender-end as to yield or slide freely in conforming to the movements of the shoulders of the wearer, the connection between said single length of webbing and the back suspender-end being of such nature as to prevent any liability of the webbing becoming hunched or Working out of shape through constant use. a

To these ends the invention may be said to consist in Suspenders having a loop Carried by the back suspender-end and embodying three loop elements, two arranged above and in a line parallel with the third, and shoulder-straps formed of a single length of woven webbing, the intermediate portion of said webbing being woven in two strands, which strands pass through two of the loop elements and the back suspender-end through the third, whereby the joints in the shoulderstraps are avoided and a suspender provided which will lie smooth and close to the body of the wearer under all conditions of use.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a pair of suspenders embodying the present improvements, portions of the shoulder-straps being broken away in order to show the invention on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is aview showing a different form of loop or connection between the shoulder-straps and back suspender-end.

Like letters of reference in the drawings indicate the same parts.

The front suspender-ends A may be of any usual or preferred type, preferably, however, having loops at the upper end, through which the front ends of the shoulder-straps may be passed to form the connection between said shoulder-straps and said suspender-ends. The back suspender-end B may also be of any usual or preferred type, and at its upper end is provided with a connection or union having three loop elements, twoof which are for the passage of two strands of the shoulderstraps and are arranged above and in a line parallel with the third. The shoulder-straps themselves are formed of a single length of 'woven webbing C, which extends from one front suspender-end in an continuous length to the other front suspender-end, an intermediate portion of said webbing, however, being woven in two separate strands or branches C', which strands are formed edge to edge and are adapted to be passed through the two upper loop elements of the connection carried by the back suspender-end. Inasmuch as the shoulder-straps are woven in a single continu.- ous length, as aforesaid, provision must be made for permitting of the insertion of the said strands transversely intoA the loop elements of the connection, and for this purpose one side of each of said top loop elements is made open to permit of the transverse insertion of the strands, and in the-assembling of the parts these open sides of the loop elements are closed, so as to prevent the escape or displacement of the strands of the shoul-v der-straps.

In the preferred type illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings the two elements D are formed of wire, the ends of the wire being left slightly separated, as indicated in the dotted lines at F, permitting of the insertion of the strands through the openings, and the said elements are mounted upon or carried by a sheet-metal fastening G, portions of which are bent around and encircle the ends of the wire constituting the loop elements, so as to close the said openings, this of course being done after the strands have been inserted or, in other words, in the assembling of the parts.

In Fig. 2 a form of connection is shown in- Which the fabric constituting the back suspender-'end itself closes the open sides of the top loop elements, this being accomplished by forming the connection H with a central depending post h, having sufficient space be- IOO said connection to be threaded onto the shoulder-strap until the two strands C come opposite the two loops,when they may pass transversely into said loops, with the post h between them. When the'back suspender-end is placed in position, its upper end is passed through the said connection below the post h, doubled back upon itself, and secured by stitching, thereby practically filling the space below said post and eiectually closing the lower open sides of the upper loopl elements, so as to prevent the transverse escape of the strands of the shoulder-strap or the passage of one strand from its loop element into the adjacent loop element.

In every instance it will be observed the shoulder-strap connection and back suspender-end assume a flat smooth position on the body of the wearer and present no irregularities or projections to catch or abrade the garments and no joints or thickened portions which will press against the body of the wearer at any point. With this construction also the shoulder-straps are free to give and take in accord with the movements of the wearers shoulders, thereby preserving an equal tension on the shoulder-straps.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with astrap formed of a single continuous length of integrallywoven webbing constituting both shoulderstraps and separated into two branches intermediate of its ends, and a back suspenderend, of a metallic connection between said strap passing each through one respectively of the remaining pair of said loop elements, said pair of loop elements being arranged above and in a line parallel to said firstnamed loop elements and each of the loops of said pair of loop elementsbeing closed against movement of said strap branches from one to the other of said pair of loop elements; substantially as described.

2. In Suspenders for nether garments, the combination with front and back suspenderends and a metallic connection carried by the back suspender-end and having loop elements at the top both formed with open sides through which the webbing may be passed into the said elements, said open sides being closed by the webbing of the back suspenderend in assembling of the parts, of shoulderstraps formed of a single integral length of Woven webbing extending from one front suspender-end to the other, an intermediate portion of said webbing being woven in two longitudinal strands one of which is inserted through the open side of each of said loop elements and is adapted to slide therein to equalize the strain on the shoulder-straps; substantially as described.

. GEORGE E. ADAMS.

Witnesses: v

ALEXANDER S. STEUART, ELIZABETH GRIFFITH. 

